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We’re Hiring! Work Study Communications Assistant

July 26, 2022

Are you a @UofT student? Do you have a passion for the LGBTQ2+ past? Are you invested in reaching broader publics with historical research, through an intersectional lens? The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory seeks a Communications Assistant with Graphic Design Skills to amplify our robust collection of oral histories across our social media platforms. Responsibilities Qualifications Position Details This is a remote position and can be completed virtually; students from any campus are welcome […]

Call for Expressions of Interest: Postdoc Fellowship

June 13, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Trans History/Studies and/or Queer/Trans Oral History, Toronto, CA AWARD OVERVIEW The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, seeks expressions of interest for candidates interested in applying for a 2-year, Canadian, Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, administered by CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, are prestigious awards with a value of $70,000 CDN per year, for two years. Applicants’ research areas should be […]

Call for Contributors!

February 12, 2022

by Elio Colavito

Collaboratory News / Opportunities / Traversing Temporalities

The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory is launching its first external blogger series! “Traversing Temporalities: Making Meaning of Queer and Trans* Oral Histories,” edited by Elio Colavito, is seeking 750-word contributions for a bi-weekly blog series. Oral histories serve as a site for narrators and researchers to make meaning of the past, focusing on who and what speaks with, to, and through the historian. As a methodology, oral history serves as a confrontation of different […]

Call for Abstracts

December 14, 2021

by Elspeth Brown

Academia / Activist Histories / Collaboratory News / Opportunities / Queer History / Trans History

How have queer and trans activists challenged the repressive status quo in the past? Which forms have queer and trans activism taken over the decades? What role do emotions and affects play in activism – and how can affect theory be utilized in the study of queer and trans histories and temporalities? These are among the questions that will be addressed in the workshop on affective histories of queer and trans activism, which is the […]

Call for Applications: Digital Exhibit Designer

July 25, 2021

by Andy Huynh

Archiving Oral History / Collaboratory News / Community-based Oral History / Gay History / Opportunities / Oral History / Public Humanities / Publishing / Trans History

This full-time three-month position, starting in mid-September 2021, is funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant supporting the LGBTQ Oral History Collaboratory. HOW TO APPLY? Visit the Chair in Transgender Studies website and review the full posting. Send your updated resume and cover letter to transchair@uvic.caPosting Closes August 23, 2021

Call For Applications: Remote Video/Audio Editor

July 8, 2021

by Elspeth Brown

Collaboratory News / Opportunities / Pussy Palace Project

We seek a skilled media maker who can edit video and audio files as part of the workflow in making our oral histories accessible to the public through video shorts, digital exhibitions, and other public-facing research outcomes (e.g. podcasts). You will work closely with and report to the PPOHP Project Manager, Alisha Stranges, who will be directing the creative activation of our archival and historical work. As a multi-media editor, you should be able to bring sight and sound together to create captivating final products. This is a part time, limited term position (10 hrs/week). To apply, send the following […]